Shade-bracket



A. ZEBROWSKI.

SHADE BRACKET.

Arrucmou FILED MAY 14. 1920.

Patented Sept. 21,1920.

ll ll I! II I?! il il HI ll I 1 ll M shade bracket is shown as comprising a front ALEXANDER ZEBROWSKI, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SHADE-BRACKET.

Application filed May 14,

To all whom 2'25 may concem:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ZEBROW- SKI, acitizen of the Republic of Poland, residing at Stamford, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Brackets, of which'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shade brackets and has for its purpose to provide an improved construction of bracket of this type in which the shade hanger can be adjusted to conform with different sizes of shades and thus eliminate the necessity of changing the fixture each time a slightly different size shade is put up and thereby leaving an unsightly disfiguration of the window frame.

I will describe my invention in the best form known to me at present, but it will be understood that the same is susceptible to changes in forms and proportions and to desirable mechanical additions with the exercise of only ordinary mechanical skill and without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference denote correspondin parts in the several views, and in whic Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved shade bracket applied to a window frame;

Fig. 2, a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a rear view of the front plate of the bracket;

Fig. 4, a section on the line H of Fig. 8;

Fig. 5, a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6, a perspective view of the adjustable hanger.

Referring to the drawings my improved plate A provided with a central openin 10. On the inner face of the front plate at each end thereof I provide spacing bosses 11 and 12 which form a seat for a back plate B. The front plate A is provided adjacent each end with securing screw passages 13 and 14 which are adapted to register with correspondirig passages 15 and 16 in the back plate respectively. Such securing screws as shown at 17 in Fig. 1 and when the bracket is applied these screws serve not only to secure the bracket to the window frame as a whole, but they also serve to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 192 1920. Serial no. 381,277, 1

clamp the front and back plates together for. a purpose that will presently appear. The upper and lower edges of the front plate A are provided respectively with inwardly directed flanges 18 and 19 and the back plate B seats between these flanges.

Formed in the rear face A above the opening 10 parallel to the short axis of the plate is a series of notches 20, while a corresponding series of notches 21 is provided below the opening 10.

The shade hanger element of the bracket is indicated at C and comprises a forwardly projecting main portion 22 which extends through the opening 10. At the inner end of the portion 22 the hanger is turned later-.

of the front plate,

ally at substantially right angles to form an anchoring portion 23, which extends betweenthe upper and lower portions of the plateA and the corresponding portions of the plate B. This anchoring portion 23 of the hanger C is provided with forwardly directed extensions 24 and 25 for cooperation respectively with the notches 20 and 21.

From the foregoing construction it will be obvious that when the screws 17 are-initially applied to secure the bracket in place the plates A and B can be separated to permit disengagement of the extensions 24 and 25 from the notches 20 and 21 respectively and as a result the hanger C can be adjusted in the opening 10 to suit the size of the shade being hung. This adjustment will bring the extensions 24 and 25 in registry'with certain of the notches 20 and 21 when the screws 17 are operated home to clamp the plates A and B together and thereby positively force the extensions 24 and 25 into certain of the notches 20 and 21 respectively, with the result that the hanger is thereby locked a ainst movement relative to theplates A and%3.

It will be observed that the range of the adjustment of the hanger C is quite exten-' sive and that such adjustment can be accomplished without removing the bracket as a whole from the window frame. It will also be observed that the parts of the bracket are relatively simple in construction and that all of them can be easily and cheaply manufactured by casting or by stamping, which will render the resulting article very cheap of production.

1. An adjustable shade bracket comprising a front plate having a central opening and provided on its inner side above and below the opening with corresponding grooves parallel to the short axis of the plate, spacing bosses on the inner side of the front plate at each end thereof, a back plate seated on said bosses, means for clamping said plates together, a shade hanger proj ecting through the opening in the front plate and having a rear portion disposed between said plates and provided with means engageable in corresponding grooves above and below the opening when the plates are clamped together to secure said hanger in a desired adjusted position with respect to the plates.

2. An adjustable shade bracket comprising front and rear plates, the former being provided with grooves in its rear face and a central opening, means for clamping the plates together, and a shade hanger projecting through said opening and having a rear portion disposed between the plates provided with means engageable in a groove in the rear face of the front plate when said plates are clamped together to secure the hanger in an adjusted position with respect to said plates.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER ZEBROWSKI.

Witnesses 1 FRANK E. JAMRozY, MAY FREY. 

